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One that got away from me recently was a vintage 8x10 of Thelma Todd from SEVEN FOOTPRINTS TO SATAN. Beautiful photo and in excellent condition, but it was a reserve price auction and I was in a situation where I needed to save money. There's no telling how high the reserve price was, so I thought it best not to bid. Disappointing.


I think I know the photo. It was a publicity shot of Thelma Todd with long golden tresses -- but even though it was studio labeled on the print as a publicty shot for SEVEN FOOTPRINTS TO SATAN, I'm 99.8% certain her image was from another film. The hairstyle and clothes she is wearing never appear in the movie. That isn't the only Todd still like that I've seen.

Some of Universal's publicity material for THE LAST WARNING actually depict images of Laura La Plante from CAT AND THE CANARY.
GARY L. PRANGE



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